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Continuing with my analysis of the F.F.'s powers (hope FilmBuff doesn't mind - but by doing this I am bumping their thread)...
The Invisible Woman: Sue Storm Richards went from being the weakest, most vulnerable member of the team to the most powerful.
Let's face it, during the first couple years of Lee & Kirby's F.F., Sue's role was to get kidnapped & rescued. She was the penultimate damsel in distress. Sure, her not-very-original power of invisibility (making herself or other people & objects invisible) was great for covert operations, but Sue was still vulnerable (unlike her teammates). So they gave her this invisible force field power that can do... well, almost anything. (It was almost analogous to Green Lantern's near-omnipotent power ring, except the construct's he'd create were green and her's were invisible.)
Her force fields could be used defensively or offensively for a variety of effects - such as projecting one around the Hulk's head to cut off his air.
During John Byrne's run on "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" he changed her codename from Invisible Girl to Invisible Woman.
Sue's only limitations for her force field seem to be duration she can sustain them and size of the constructs. Pushing herself too long or too far can cause her to have nose bleeds. But with the amount of stuff she's been depicted as being able to do, she pretty much doesn't even need a team - kind of like Superman and the Justice League - as Seinfeld asked: what does Superman need a team for? He can do almost anything the rest of them can. He's Superman!
The Invisible Woman: Sue Storm Richards went from being the weakest, most vulnerable member of the team to the most powerful.
Let's face it, during the first couple years of Lee & Kirby's F.F., Sue's role was to get kidnapped & rescued. She was the penultimate damsel in distress. Sure, her not-very-original power of invisibility (making herself or other people & objects invisible) was great for covert operations, but Sue was still vulnerable (unlike her teammates). So they gave her this invisible force field power that can do... well, almost anything. (It was almost analogous to Green Lantern's near-omnipotent power ring, except the construct's he'd create were green and her's were invisible.)
Her force fields could be used defensively or offensively for a variety of effects - such as projecting one around the Hulk's head to cut off his air.
During John Byrne's run on "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" he changed her codename from Invisible Girl to Invisible Woman.
Sue's only limitations for her force field seem to be duration she can sustain them and size of the constructs. Pushing herself too long or too far can cause her to have nose bleeds. But with the amount of stuff she's been depicted as being able to do, she pretty much doesn't even need a team - kind of like Superman and the Justice League - as Seinfeld asked: what does Superman need a team for? He can do almost anything the rest of them can. He's Superman!
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This is a must-see for me. I had always had a soft spot in my heart for FF. When I was a young child my Mom got me a year subscription and chose FF. My neighbor also had OLD FF issues that she knew were valuable, but thankfully let me read them.
Humor existed in few comics back then but Fantastic Four and Spider-Man were Marvels best. Long before X-Men really hit and the movies. I hope I’m wrong but think the comic has floundered of late. Hopefully this flick will reinvigorate fanboy love for them.
Humor existed in few comics back then but Fantastic Four and Spider-Man were Marvels best. Long before X-Men really hit and the movies. I hope I’m wrong but think the comic has floundered of late. Hopefully this flick will reinvigorate fanboy love for them.
I read the John Byrne-drawn run of FF. I can't remember if he also wrote it or not. But I was a huge fan of his art and I'd follow him from comic to comic. I'll admit I rather enjoyed the FF with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans. I never really liked Jessica Alba with the blonde hair but hey, she's still nice to look at! I was hugely disappointed by the second movie's depiction of Galactus (some kind of cosmic cloud???) but the new film looks to have solved that one big-time.
But still, I'm not sure. And looking at the poster, every actor is showing his character's powers/change except Pedro Pascal. He's standing there like, "I'm Pedro Pascal! I don't need to show any powers. My powers are ME!"
But still, I'm not sure. And looking at the poster, every actor is showing his character's powers/change except Pedro Pascal. He's standing there like, "I'm Pedro Pascal! I don't need to show any powers. My powers are ME!"
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I read the John Byrne-drawn run of FF. I can't remember if he also wrote it or not. But I was a huge fan of his art and I'd follow him from comic to comic. I'll admit I rather enjoyed the FF with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans. I never really liked Jessica Alba with the blonde hair but hey, she's still nice to look at! I was hugely disappointed by the second movie's depiction of Galactus (some kind of cosmic cloud???) but the new film looks to have solved that one big-time.
But still, I'm not sure. And looking at the poster, every actor is showing his character's powers/change except Pedro Pascal. He's standing there like, "I'm Pedro Pascal! I don't need to show any powers. My powers are ME!"
But still, I'm not sure. And looking at the poster, every actor is showing his character's powers/change except Pedro Pascal. He's standing there like, "I'm Pedro Pascal! I don't need to show any powers. My powers are ME!"
He's got that power mustache!
I just realized, if "Reed" has complete control over his entire body then he could simply stretch the hair follicles in his face and instantly grow a beard or mustache any time he wants to. We all knew Reed could change his shape, but who knew he was a master of disguise?
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Julia Garner doesn't know how to surf.
You'd think that would be a prerequisite to becoming Marvel's new Silver Surfer, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps star tells Entertainment Weekly that she never needed to learn before getting all shiny to play the first live-action Shalla-Bal.
The Emmy-winning Ozark alum makes her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut July 25 on the big screen as the chrome, wave-catching herald of world-devouring space god Galactus (Ralph Ineson). And after a year of keeping quiet about it, she's finally able to open up about taking on the highly anticipated role.
"She's so different than anyone I've ever played, and that was also another reason why I wanted to do it," Garner tells EW. "I don't expect everybody to watch Ozark or [Inventing] Anna or The Assistant. Some people are only going to watch certain things, so that's why I want to branch out to every genre, and that's one of the reasons why I wanted to do Marvel — it's reaching a different kind of audience."
Below, Garner dives deep into what fans can expect from her version of the Silver Surfer.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you a fan of the Fantastic Four or the Silver Surfer before joining this movie, or did you have to go on a deep dive in the comics after you were cast?
JULIA GARNER: I knew the basics of certain comic book characters, [and that] there was the Marvel world and the DC world, and they're very different. I knew about some of the famous comic book characters, some of them I didn't know. So when I got presented with this opportunity, I was like, "Wait, what? Me?" Yeah, I was in disbelief, almost because it was so cool. I knew who the Silver Surfer was, and I got to know the Silver Surfer more when I signed on to the project. I really dived in. I read a lot of the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics before starting the project, and I knew that this Fantastic Four was going to be told in a very different way than even the other movies.
Was there a specific comic book arc you pulled from for your performance?
Well, there were certain things that were very important to know prior to signing on — I did not know that there was Shalla-Bal, for example, another form of a Silver Surfer that's not like what you think of the Silver Surfer. The best parts of the comics I noticed, for me, and it's the same when you watch the movies, is when it's surfing around space. Aesthetically, it looks incredible, and I'm just really excited to see what [director] Matt [Shakman] and Marvel is going to do with that.
Did you know how to surf already? Or did you have to learn to become the Silver Surfer?
[Laughs] No, I am actually afraid of the ocean. So no, but I can act. I have some friends that know how to surf, and they showed me some moves before I went out to London to just kind of get the body position of it all. And then I realized shortly after I was in London that I used some surf moves, but then I also used a lot of what I saw in the comic books. There were different poses that, the way that they would draw them, they weren't surf poses — they almost looked like something you would see in sculptures. So I incorporated surfing with the poses of a sculpture, like moving elegantly, like a dance. So it was kind of a mixture of things, but a lot of it was from the comics that inspired me.
This is obviously the first live-action Shalla-Bal we're getting, which is exciting on its own. But how did you want to make this version of the Silver Surfer different from what we've seen before, especially in the 2007 movie, played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne?
What makes this version different is that the movie is just different. First of all, I'm a woman, so that's already different, and that hasn't been told before. This Silver Surfer feels more mysterious in a way, even how it was written, than the other ones. Also, just the world feels so different with the 1960s retro futurism going on. The audience is going to get a completely different experience with this movie, so they'll have a clean palette.
You'd think that would be a prerequisite to becoming Marvel's new Silver Surfer, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps star tells Entertainment Weekly that she never needed to learn before getting all shiny to play the first live-action Shalla-Bal.
The Emmy-winning Ozark alum makes her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut July 25 on the big screen as the chrome, wave-catching herald of world-devouring space god Galactus (Ralph Ineson). And after a year of keeping quiet about it, she's finally able to open up about taking on the highly anticipated role.
"She's so different than anyone I've ever played, and that was also another reason why I wanted to do it," Garner tells EW. "I don't expect everybody to watch Ozark or [Inventing] Anna or The Assistant. Some people are only going to watch certain things, so that's why I want to branch out to every genre, and that's one of the reasons why I wanted to do Marvel — it's reaching a different kind of audience."
Below, Garner dives deep into what fans can expect from her version of the Silver Surfer.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you a fan of the Fantastic Four or the Silver Surfer before joining this movie, or did you have to go on a deep dive in the comics after you were cast?
JULIA GARNER: I knew the basics of certain comic book characters, [and that] there was the Marvel world and the DC world, and they're very different. I knew about some of the famous comic book characters, some of them I didn't know. So when I got presented with this opportunity, I was like, "Wait, what? Me?" Yeah, I was in disbelief, almost because it was so cool. I knew who the Silver Surfer was, and I got to know the Silver Surfer more when I signed on to the project. I really dived in. I read a lot of the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics before starting the project, and I knew that this Fantastic Four was going to be told in a very different way than even the other movies.
Was there a specific comic book arc you pulled from for your performance?
Well, there were certain things that were very important to know prior to signing on — I did not know that there was Shalla-Bal, for example, another form of a Silver Surfer that's not like what you think of the Silver Surfer. The best parts of the comics I noticed, for me, and it's the same when you watch the movies, is when it's surfing around space. Aesthetically, it looks incredible, and I'm just really excited to see what [director] Matt [Shakman] and Marvel is going to do with that.
Did you know how to surf already? Or did you have to learn to become the Silver Surfer?
[Laughs] No, I am actually afraid of the ocean. So no, but I can act. I have some friends that know how to surf, and they showed me some moves before I went out to London to just kind of get the body position of it all. And then I realized shortly after I was in London that I used some surf moves, but then I also used a lot of what I saw in the comic books. There were different poses that, the way that they would draw them, they weren't surf poses — they almost looked like something you would see in sculptures. So I incorporated surfing with the poses of a sculpture, like moving elegantly, like a dance. So it was kind of a mixture of things, but a lot of it was from the comics that inspired me.
This is obviously the first live-action Shalla-Bal we're getting, which is exciting on its own. But how did you want to make this version of the Silver Surfer different from what we've seen before, especially in the 2007 movie, played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne?
What makes this version different is that the movie is just different. First of all, I'm a woman, so that's already different, and that hasn't been told before. This Silver Surfer feels more mysterious in a way, even how it was written, than the other ones. Also, just the world feels so different with the 1960s retro futurism going on. The audience is going to get a completely different experience with this movie, so they'll have a clean palette.